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Aristotle quotes about happy

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What is the Good for man? It must be the ultimate end or object of human life: something that is in itself completely satisfying. Happiness fits this description…we always choose it for itself, and never for any other reason. Aristotle
He is happy who lives in accordance with complete virtue and is sufficiently equipped with external goods, not for some chance period but throughout a complete life. Aristotle
...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.... Aristotle
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. Aristotle
Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself Aristotle
Aristotle quote: "Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole..."
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. Aristotle
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. Aristotle
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. Aristotle
Therefore the activity of God, which surpasses all others in blessedness, must be contemplative; and of human activities, therefore, that which is most akin to this must be most of the nature of happiness Aristotle
One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy. Aristotle
There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings. That is, we can live our lives as a whole in such a way that they can be judged not just as excellent in this respect or in that occupation, but as excellent, period. Only when we develop our truly human capacities sufficiently to achieve this human excellent will we have lives blessed with happiness. Aristotle
Aristotle quote: "The cultivation of the intellect is man's highest good and..."
The cultivation of the intellect is man's highest good and purest happiness Aristotle
Aristotle quote: "Happiness belongs to the self sufficient."
Happiness belongs to the self sufficient. Aristotle
It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse. Aristotle
Aristotle quote: "Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's..."
Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances. Aristotle

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